Piyush Goyal Attacks Congress Over Ties With Four Former CECs
· India · Hindustan Times, Zee News
Union minister Piyush Goyal accused the Congress of hypocrisy for questioning the Election Commission while rewarding former chief election commissioners during its regime. At a press conference on Tuesday, Goyal named TN Seshan, MS Gill, RK Trivedi and Naveen Chawla, detailing how each was appointed as a party worker, minister or governor after or during tenure. Seshan, who served as CEC from 1990 to 1996, was fielded by Congress against LK Advani in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar and lost. Goyal called out Gill, CEC from 1996 to 2001, receiving the Padma Vibhushan while still in office and later joining Congress as a Union Minister in 2008. Trivedi was appointed Governor of Gujarat within two months of ending his CEC tenure in December 1985, while Chawla was made CEC despite a recommendation for removal, according to Goyal. The attack comes as Congress continues protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged SIR irregularities, though Goyal did not address
Why it matters
The exchange deepens the partisan clash over Election Commission credibility ahead of future polls, with the Congress and BJP trading charges of politicising the poll body. For Indian voters, the debate shapes trust in the fairness of elections and the independence of the Election Commission.
Read the original report — Hindustan Times
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